Tornadoes and Floods Rake Texas Leaving Fatalities and Damage
A violent weather system battered Texas with tornadoes and heavy rains. At least 10 people died as twisters struck Kenedy Runge and Anto nio while portions of northeast Texas faced record rainfall and flooding. Rail lines were washed out and roads crowded with waterlogged traffic as residents moved to higher ground.
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Kenedy and
Runge
An Antonio
New Braunfels
Anson
Corpus Christi
Weather Bureau
Waco
Shreveport
Marshall
Longview
Gladewater
Kilgore
Sabine River
Lake Caddo
Missouri Pacific
Texas & Pacific
Industry Accepts Safety Standards
Washington AP reports the automobile industry reversed its stance and will accept mandatory federal safety standards in car manufacturing. The industry seeks active state roles in setting and enforcing standards and argues that how standards are developed matters more than their existence.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Transportation
Miners Return to Work as Strike Fallout Eases
West Virginia coal fields see a wave of returns with 85 to 90 percent of 17 000 idle miners back. UMW leaders forecast remaining strikers back by midnight as a tentative wage and holiday package is ratified in Washington.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
United Mine Workers Union
UMW
Eight Italians Die In Plane Crash Near Cuneo
Eight Italians including a deputy Corrado Gex died when a private plane crashed in storm on a mountain slope east of Cuneo. The Alp city accident occurred Monday night as the craft failed in bad weather.
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Cuneo
Italy
Corrado Gex
Aosta Valley
Plamn
Four family slain in Golden Meadow murder case
A manhunt in coastal marshes seeks Roy Mejia for the brutal slaying of Barbara Verrett 35 and her three children Brenda 15 Lucy 13 and Robert 11 find remains along a road south of Leesville and Golden Meadow. Autopsies await to confirm causes of death with police noting a possible sexual motive.
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Here
Barbara Verrett
Gulf of Mexico
Murray Landry
Assumption Parish
Louisiana
Roy Mejia
Mejia
Golden Meadow
Brenda
Lucy
Robert
Morgan City
Landry
Norfolk and Western furloughs hit 2000 workers
About 2,000 Norfolk and Western Railway operating employees were placed on temporary furloughs across the system from Roanoke to St. Louis and Kansas City due to a coal miners strike. Some were furloughed last week. more may be added if the strike continues, but all are expected to be recalled when the miners end the strike.
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Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway
Harry Wyatt
St. Louis
Kansas City
Wyatt
Soviet Molniya Satellite Launch Reported
Moscow reports the Soviet Union launched another Molniya communications satellite on Monday. Molniya satellites orbit Earth to transmit radio and television programs. The first Molniya was launched on April 23, 1965.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Swedish Trains Collide Killing Six in Sweden
A two-coach train collided with a repair train near Ockelbo Sweden harming six people and wounding fifteen as officials reported. The incident occurred Monday at a central railway junction.
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Ockelbo
Sweden
Nuclear Test Fire Linked to Nevada Site Firing
The Atomic Energy Commission announced Monday the firing of a low yield underground nuclear test at its Nevada test site. Aimed at advancing weapons research the test confirms ongoing nuclear activity in the region amid U S program updates.
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Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
Conflicting Views On Next Step In Viet Nam
Senate debate splits on Vietnam strategy after Kennedy assassination. Morse argues policy would differ had Kennedy lived, Humphrey urges staying the course, and Russell calls for withdrawal if South Vietnamese polls are antiAmerican. Galbraith warns against full withdrawal while Young challenges the war's strategic value. Ford doubts peace talks will occur under current conditions.
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Washington
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
John F. Kennedy
U.S
Richard B. Russell
Dga
Senate
South Viet Nam
Morse
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John
Kenneth Galbraith
Southeast Asia
Galbraith
Harvard University
India
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Robert S. McNamara
Young
United States
Humphrey
Associated Press
New York
Asia
House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
Ford
Supreme Court to reexamine obscenity standards and Hawaii reapportionment
The Supreme Court agreed to hear whether a bookseller must know a publication is obscene to be convicted. Justices debated redefining obscenity standards, while upholding a Hawaii Senate reapportionment plan based on registered voters. The next term opens Oct. 3 with Austin and Redrup cases.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Hawaii Senate
Hugo L. Black
William C. Douglas
Potter Stewart
Hawaii
Senate
William J. Brennan Jr
High Court
Brennan
William and Mary and Emory and Henry Get Federal Grants
The College of William and Mary and Emory and Henry College received federal grants totaling almost $900,000 for construction. William and Mary gets $568,000 for a $2,353,000 science building and Emory and Henry gets $304,000 for a $1 million library building under the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963.
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Richmond, Va
College of William and Mary
Emory and Henry College
William and Mary
Emory and Henry
WV Extended Forecast Temperatures Trend Below Normal
West Virginia will see daytime highs 2 to 6 degrees below normal through Saturday with normal highs at 67 north and 71 south and lows around 41 north and 48 south. Total rainfall exceeds half an inch, with rain expected Wednesday and Saturday.
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West Virginia
Mott Death Probe Ends With Protest
In Moscow AP says the United States ended its drive for more details on Newcomb Mott’s death on a Soviet prison train. Protests erupted as signs pointed to possible death by fellow prisoners. Mott, 27, died January 20 en route to a labor camp for illegally entering the Soviet Union after crossing from Norway.
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Moscow
United States
Newcomb Mott
Mott
Soviet Union
Norway
Murmansk
Sky Object Seen With Fiery Tail Over Multiple States
Thousands reported a fiery green and yellow object in the night sky from Maine to the Carolinas and west to Ohio. Authorities believed it was a meteor or meteorite that may have landed north of New York City, with dozens of police calls reporting a possible plane crash.
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New York
Maine
Carolinas
Ohio
Coast Guard
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
New York City
Washington
Montgomery County
Washington Post
The
Washington Star
Joseph E. Mohbat
Marine drill instructor sentenced for beating recruits
Marine Sgt. Harry C. Kimbrough of Mobile Alabama received dishonorable discharge two years at hard labor and reduction to private after pleading guilty to striking recruits with a metal pipe and fist. Sgt. Paul R. Reynolds of Union City Georgia was found guilty on similar charges and got the same sentence.
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Parris Island
S.C
Marine Corps
Harry C. Kimbrough
Mobile
Ala
Paul R. Reynolds
Union City
Kimbrough
Reynolds
Belgian bakery truck plows into schoolyard killing 11 children
In Walfergem Asse near Brussels a bakery truck skidded onto a sidewalk where 7 to 8 year old pupils studied road safety. Eleven children died and the 20 year old teacher Magda Heylens was badly injured while bystanders sought the driver, who was detained by police.
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Belgium
Walfergem-Asse
Magda Heylens
Gium
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James R. Hoffa
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Cecil J. Urbaniak
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Jack Bell
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